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  • Leaded Petrol Available Again In Thame

    THE Shell Garage in Park Street, Thame, currently has unleaded fuel available to drivers and short queues are moving quite quickly. (4.55 pm today)
    At the Thame Service Area, Esso garage, three pumps only are providing unleaded and there are currently steadily moving queues being supervised by the manager.

  • Market To Feature On TV Food Programme

    COOKING guru, Lottie Duncan, was at Thame market today, filming for the BBC programme, Food UK.
    Lottie told ThameNews.Net that the series will be looking at well-known chefs and cooks and where they source the ingredients for their cuisine.
    She buys all her ingredients in Thame, particularly from the market and Waitrose she says, and had lots of praise for the quality of Thame’s food shops.
    The programme featuring Lottie, who lives in Long Crendon, is expected to be broadcast in about two months time.

    Photo: Lottie praises the shrubs she always buys from a stall at the monthly Farmers Market, to camera.
    (sorry about the closed eyes)

  • Chinnor Squeek Past Basingstoke (Contributed)

    CHINNOR entered unchartered territory when they visited Down Grange to take on Basingstoke on Saturday, in their first league game of the season.
    Basingstoke, who were relegated from National League Division 3 South last year, were quickly into their stride putting Chinnor onto the defensive for at least the first 20 minutes.
    It came as no surprise when they went into the lead via a Humberstone penalty after Chinnor were caught off-side in front of their posts. With Lovegrove going over from a rolling maul minutes later, then
    Gareth Jones scoring after a Buckland break through a porous Chinnor defence, Humberstone added the conversion and Chinnor found themselves 15 points a drift having had hardly any possession to mount attacks of their own.
    The line-out was the main culprit with Basingstoke’s big second row calling the shots. Chinnor began to play with more composure and from a quickly taken penalty a speculative kick ahead by Joe Winpenny, saw the ball bounce kindly for the speedy Lloyd Hoogstander to gather and touch down. A Williams’conversion and then a penalty was awarded when Hoogstander was tackled without the ball, putting Chinnor within striking distance at half-time.It was a roll reversal in the second half with Chinnor taking the game to the opposition. Two Richard Williams’ penalties for holding on, and killing the ball in the ruck respectively, resulted in
    Chinnor taking the lead and Mantle going into the sin-bin. Chinnor were now dominating. A driving maul saw Chinnor add to their lead when Joe Winpenny went over with Williams converting. Chinnor had now scored 23pts without reply. However the game turned again when an attempted kick to the corner by
    Williams was charged down and although Chinnor got to the ball first, they were penalised for holding on and Humherstone put the home side back in contention. A Lambert try in the corner meant the game was all square with at least 15 minutes left on the clock. Basingstoke were penalised for throwing a punch at a line-outand Williams kicked a long penalty to put Chinnor in the lead once more which they held on to the final whistle.
    This win was the result of the character that Chinnor
    showed by not letting their heads drop after Basingstoke’s initial salvo. They regrouped well under the leadership of acting captain Paul Hennessy who was influential throughout. Richard Williams with his goal kicking and general play, Lloyd Hoogstander with his speed and enthusiam, Joe Winpenny and Mike Cook for their work-rate also had good games in this
    solid Chinnor performance.
    Basingstoke 23 Chinnor 26
    Photo: Chinnor Captain Paul Hennessy with the ball and Morgan Thompson scrum half.

  • Petrol Shortage In Thame

    SUPPLIES of unleaded petrol at a Thame Garage are low, amid threats from fuel protesters against rising prices.
    At the Shell garage in Park Street, Thame, a steadily moving short queue this afternoon discovered that the petrol station had run out of unleaded fuel, except for Optimax, which is over

  • Grant For War Memorial Face-Lift Accepted

    WORK to improve the War Memorial in Thame’s Memorial Gardens, should begin soon following the acceptance of a grant from English Heritage.
    The work, which includes cleaning the bronze plaques, removing the copper staining from the stonework, re-pointing and repairing the steps, should be completed by November 11, Remembrance Day.
    The

  • Last Gig For Thame Top Band

    IT’S OFFICIAL – One of Thame’s top bands, Hedroom, have split, and will be playing their last ever gig at the Tom Martin Memorial Chinnor gig night on Saturday.
    The event has been organised to raise money for cancer hospice where Tom spent his last months.

    17 year-old Tom Martin was a student at Lord Williams’s School when he died from a brain tumour last year.

    Hedroom headline the event, with main support coming from They? (laments new name), Thame metallers, Red Dawn, new band Dr Slaggleberry,Effect, Zero and Skin.

    Entrance is

  • Red Kite Friends Launched

    THE Chilterns Conservation Board is launching a new scheme this month encouraging members of the public to donate money towards its red kite awareness raising work.

    Red Kites Co-ordinator, Cathy Rose, said: “For the last few years, the Conservation Board has organised red kite walks, talks and initiatives like the very popular CCTV Nest Watch. In order for this valuable work to continue, we need to find more funding. Local people have really taken these magnificent birds to heart and we hope they will be keen to help us promote them and the other wildlife of the Chilterns.”

    For a contribution of

  • Valuable Trailer Taken From Garden

    THAME police are seeking information following the theft of a valuable trailer from a front garden in Wheatley.
    The Ivor Williams trailer, worth around

  • Learn A New Skill Invitation To Adults (Contributed)

    AS the children go back to school and students to university, is it time for us adults to think about learning something new?

    Thame Adult Learning, based at Lord Williams?s Lower School, has a varied programme of daytime, evening and weekend courses, from Aromatherapy to Web design and lots in between.

    Do you wish to brush up your computer skills? Computers for Beginners, Improvers, Digital Cameras, Internet and Email, Spreadsheets and even PC First Aid.

    Maybe it?s time to learn a new language ready for next years summer holiday French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish are offer at Thame. As well as Family French, Italian or Spanish on Saturday mornings.

    Would you prefer to do something more creative? Aromatherapy, Watercolour Painting, Silk Paining, Stained Glass, Woodwork or Life drawing may relax you. Learn car maintenance, Map Reading or cookery, or suggest the man in your life goes to ?Men in the Kitchen? on Thursday evenings.

    They also have some more unusual subject you may like to consider, Dry Stonewalling, Tai Chi, Assertiveness, NVQ in Children?s Care, Psychology GCSE or As level all starting in late September.

    To see the full programme of courses on offer you can collect a brochure for the Town Hall or Library, call Thame Adult Learning on 01844 213400 or the Enrolment Centre 0845 351 0646.

  • Haddenham Heritage Days

    A number of Bernwood Forest Heritage Open Days are planned between today,Thursday and Sunday (Sept 11). There will be lots of places to visit free, including a tour of Haddenham on Friday visiting Tom Bucknell’s tithe barn at Manor Farm, and the two witchert chapels.
    Walks start at 10am and 2pm from outside St Mary’s Church and will be led by Alan Rose, chairman of the Haddenham Museum Trust.
    Thame Tourist Information Centre or Haddenham Museum have leaflets listing and information about other events.